Last modified on March 28, 2025

Use the following steps to install the StrongDM CLI on your Linux machine. The StrongDM Desktop application is not currently available for Linux.

  1. Open the invitation email you received for your StrongDM account.

  2. Click the link included in the email to set your password.

  3. Log in to StrongDM and go to the Download & Install page in the Admin UI.

  4. Under Linux, click Download StrongDM for Linux to start the download immediately, or click Show download options to select the appropriate option for your architecture. StrongDM for Linux is available for x86-64, x86-64 (Static), and ARM64 architectures. You2 may also download the package directly. In this example, we will use the curl method to get the AMD64 binary (for an x86-64 architecture) and complete the download. Open a terminal and download the Linux binary:

    curl -J -O -L https://{APP_DOMAIN}/releases/cli/linux

    For an ARM-based architecture, you must use the Release endpoint with parameters to download an ARM64 binary:

    curl -s 'https://{APP_DOMAIN}/release?software=sdm-cli&os=linux&arch=arm64'

  5. Optionally, check that the downloaded binary is legitimate and verify the checksum:

    $ sha256sum sdmcli_40.87.0_linux_amd64.zip
3c0bd7ede828b93b3dfbd243330d4f7ee531c95940adc108bd3e53680dc81fb3 sdmcli_40.87.0_linux_amd64.zip

    The checksum should match the value in the SHA256 Checksum section of the Admin UI Download & Install page.

  6. Unzip the file:

    unzip sdmcli_<VERSION_NUMBER>_linux_amd64.zip

  7. Follow instructions provided by the install command, which must be executed using sudo:

    sudo ./sdm install

  8. After executing sdm install, you can find StrongDM in /opt/strongdm and a symlink to the binary in /usr/local/bin. Next, ensure that the sdm binary is usable from the CLI:

    sdm --version

  9. Go to the CLI Reference to learn how to connect to different resources, such as datasources and servers.